Unease Peanut Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Playstation Network hacked [uPDATE] The Playstation Network is down in North America and a hacker group claimed responsibility via Twitter. Server maintenance was scheduled for Monday, but when Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 users tried to sign in online today they would get a mesaage saying that the server are temporarily offline due to maintenance. Shortly after the Network went down a hacker group who call themselves the Lizard Squad claimed that they brought it down. The group has also claimed responsibility for the server issues occuring at Blizzard, League of Legends and Grinding Gears Games' Path of Exile. Although this squad claims they did it, none of the affected companies have confirmed that it is their doing. Sony has reached out to their users and said that they're working hard towards a solution, but that they have no time frame for when the network will be fixed. Have you been experiencing problems? Let us know down below! Thank you for reading! UPDATE: Sony has clarified that during this attack on their servers, no user data was ever exposed. So your accounts and info are still secure. Sony also confirmed that the server issues are caused by a denial-of-service attack. Their full statement can be read down here: Like other major networks around the world, the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been impacted by an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic. Although this has impacted your ability to access our network and enjoy our services, no personal information has been accessed. We will continue to work towards fixing this issue and hope to have our services up and running as soon as possible. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. -Sony All issues seem to have been resolved as of now. All networks affected by this attack including PSN and XBL seem to be up and running again. Sources: Polygon Shacknews This post has been promoted to an article 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guts Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 That's a real hard blow for Sony. Those guys are making some serious claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Well this isn't the first time... More reason to buy an XB1 tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Wait what?! Again.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardent Prayer Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's not the first time, but hell. It definitely won't be the last time. I agree with Biggles on his part to get an X1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Man, I logged in this morning with my friend who slept over. We were gonna play online but, meh... So, thanks to the "Lizard Squad" I couldn't have fun with my friend who was visiting from Canada. So, it really sucked. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Wait what?! Again.... Guess that's you getting an Xbox One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yep, I am totally getting a Xb1 and H5g and Mcc. You got me Biggles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Well this isn't the first time... More reason to buy an XB1 tbh. Yeah, MS wasn't kidding like the fools thought when they said "300,000 dedicated servers". lol MS isn't what everyone cusses them out for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composite Armour Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Sony pls. Edited August 24, 2014 by Ledgend1221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinWarrior Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Dammit Sony improve your servers, you don't see MS getting blow after blow by a group of 14y/o's named 'Lizard Squad' or whatever. (Btw if this happened to MS the Sony fanboys would be having a damn field day) Good article Nutterbutter. UPDATE: Just read the polygon article, evidently the group tweeted a bomb scare and the Sony CEO's plane was diverted. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unease Peanut Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Oh if the MS servers went down the Sony fanboys would not shut up about it. Remember that time the MS servers did went down and all the Sony fanboys wouldn't shut up about it and their servers went down only a few days later? It was amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCPO Mayh3m Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Well this isn't the first time... More reason to buy an XB1 tbh. It's not the first time, but hell. It definitely won't be the last time. I agree with Biggles on his part to get an X1. Sony pls. just... yeah. You guys said it. Sony has already shown that they are vulnerable when it comes to their security, and this is further proof of that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rrhuntington Posted August 24, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) "So Sony, can you give me a description of the culprits appearance for a composite sketch?" 5 minutes later "Alright I think I have the image..." Edited August 24, 2014 by rrhuntington 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Lol at least this time around people's credit card information wasn't compromised. Strike two for Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Make_Big_Boom Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I was present the last time a big hack like this went down. It was in 2010 or 2011 I believe, and it was before I got an Xbox (only after my Step Dad smashed my PS3 to pieces). To cut to the chase... it was down for like a month. And that last time ALLOT of Profile Info was taken. At least they gave us a Month of free PS+ that time... Good catch N3wsnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Kenway Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 how many times has this happened to PSN? things like this are why I prefer Xbawx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Seems it is happening to xbox too.http://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-live-statusLizardSquad:"Is anyone having issues with the Xbox Live Login servers?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) "LizardSquad" A.K.A: The army of the PC fanatics. Taking out console after console, to be the last one standing. Things like this are why I prefer Xbawx WHY DIDN"T YOU KNOCK ON WOOD!? Edited August 25, 2014 by rrhuntington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 FBI is on the case of this "threat to national security". Go team FBI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckoningZebra1 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 And people ask me why I spend $5 a month to play on XBL when PSN is free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerriesBoo Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Seems it is happening to xbox too. http://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-live-status LizardSquad: "Is anyone having issues with the Xbox Live Login servers?" It's happening to XBL too? I hope not! because LizardSquad has no life. Hacking means no life, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 It's happening to XBL too? I hope not! because LizardSquad has no life. Hacking means no life, right? No not really. I'm online as of 1:34 am 8/25/2014. So just keep an out for downfalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 No not really. I'm online as of 1:34 am 8/25/2014. So just keep an out for downfalls. It was happening about 8 hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIWBC Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Wow, just wow Sony. And as for Xbox Live this is the first time it has ever come to anything like this for MS, at least it was only for a short period of time. Let's all just hope it doesn't happen again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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